concert to benefit the victims of hurricane sandy. good morning. i'm bill karins, this is "way too early." the show that must have been left off the guest list for the concert. thanks for being up with us this morning. we have a lot of news to talk about on this thursday, december 13th, including a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll on the cliff negotiations that doesn't bode well for the republicans. plus, babs sits down with the most interesting people of 2012, two of which could be the most interesting people in 2016, hillary and christie. we'll show you what they said in a moment. but first, before we get to the news live here at 5:31 a.m. in new york city sh as promised, i won't be uses this highly overused phrase with the initials f.c. yesterday. i asked for your best alternatives. you delivered. some, hysterically creative, others disturbingly crude. here are our runner up finalists. larry, thanks. budg budgetary boondoing will and double down nosedive and jason, money boo boo. and finally, linda with congressional cluster fudge. linda, sweet, sweet linda. what are we going